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Argentina, Rasario Jockey Club, Sante Fe, Inauguration of the Hipodrome (grandstand) December 1901, medal in copper (40mm) by U.Gottuzzo. Attractive red and brown patina, nearly uncirculated and rare.
Estimate $150
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Argentina, Masonic Founder's jewel, St Andrews Lodge No 3706, in silver and enamel by Spencer, London, hallmarked for Birmingham 1913. In original maker's case, ribbon discoloured, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Coronation of Emperor Charles VI, at Namur, 1717, AE medal (30mm) by P.Roettier, obv. bust right, rev. armorial shield crowned. Extremely fine with considerable mint bloom.
Estimate $80
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Belgium, pewter medal, 45mm, commemorating Peter Paul Rubens monument in Antwerp of 1840, made by the Royal Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts, obv. Rubens to left in hat, rev. Antwerp raised a Monument to Rubens 1840. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $80
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Belgium, Peter Paul Rubens, in bronze (46mm) by Jouvenel, from series of great Belgians (circa 1849); another of Rubens and one of Van Dyck in gilt bronze (34mm) by Jouvenel. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
Belgium, J.D.Van der Waals, 1911, physical chemist awarded Nobel Prize in 1910, in bronze (65mm) by F.Jeltsema. Extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
China, Harbin, Masonic lodge founders medal in gold gilt (29mm), by F.T.Widmer, Boston, Sungari Lodge, A.F. & A.M., instituted July 5 1928, plain back, ribbon and pin back suspension with founders bar at top. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
China, (C)hina (I)nland (M)ission (B)oy's (S)chool, prize medals in silver, shield shape (35mm x 30mm), English hallmarked, ring top suspensions, both inscribed on the obverse "CIMBS/Chefoo/Old Boys/Challenge Shield" "1929" for one and "1930" for the other, both inscribed on the reverse "Won by/J.B./Davies". Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Ethiopia, silver plated bronze medal 42mm, issued EE1949 (1957), plain edge, loop removed from edge, obv. crowned profiled bust of Haile Selassie, rev, imperial monogram as a trilobe, Biblical text around (Psalm 68, 32), (Gill S38 [p.172]). Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
France, Medals Illustrating Roman History, struck c1750, in bronze (31mm) by Jean Dassier, featuring Papirius and Manilius, Second Punic War, Pompey the Great, and Cato Censorinus. Good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $120
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France, Marriage of Napoleon and M.Louise, 1810, in silvered bronze (41mm) (Bramsen 952); Napoleon I, Tomb of Napoleon, undated, in bronze (14mm); Napoleon III Palais De L'Exposition, 1855, in bronze (23.5mm); Louis Napoleon, Souvenir of Funeral, 1879, in bronze (23mm); Eiffel Tower Ascension Souvenir medal, undated (1899), in bronze (41mm); Menin Gate in Remembrance Ypres, 1927, in bronze (31x26mm). Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
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France, Anne of Austria as Queen Dowager of France, 1660, in silver (60mm), a restrike from the Paris Mint of the original unsigned, obv. bust of Anna to right, rev. Diva Se Iactat Alumna, plant in foreground clouds, valley and hills. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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France, medals and medalets of Napoleon (3) in silver 14mm (2, one holed) issued year XIII and 1810 and AE 40, 1808 by Andrieu and Andrieu, commemorating Conquest of Sicily; Louis Philippe, AE 25, Museum of Versailles, 1837. Very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
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France, William Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, and John Milton medals from the French 'Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium', struck 1818-1823, all in bronze (41mm). Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
France, Revolution of 1848, collection of medalets and medals, (22-37mm), commemoratiing personalities and events. Good very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $120
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France, Charles Lucien Jules Laurence Bonaparte, ornithologist and nephew of Napoleon, 1857, in bronze (50mm) by Dumont and Ponscarme, obverse, bust left, reverse, tribute within wreath, legend around. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $50
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France, portrait medal of Marshal MacMahon, President of the Republique, undated, in bronze with cast ring surround decorated with laurel and oak leaves and suspension ring, (50mm centre medal, 77mm with outer surround) by P.Tasset (Forrer vi/19). Nearly very fine.
Estimate $100
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France, Centenary of the Senate, 1975, in silver (78.6g; 50mm) by J.Boyer, obverse, angel advancing right towards the sun with wreath in right hand and blowing a horn, reverse, Senate building. Small obverse rim bump at 5 o'clock otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Germany, Ravensburg thaler replica of 1624, issue in silver (cased) (No 913), with leaflet and Waldfee one hundred million mark note of 1923, serial No.5953. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Germany, Foundation of Empire, 1870, in white metal (41mm) by Drentwett, bust of Wilhelm I, rev. arms. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
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Germany, Third Reich, Luther Day commemorative, 10 November 1933, in white metal (33.5mm), maker's name on reverse, 'Alfred Stubbe/Berlin S.W.19', pin back. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Germany, Mainz, gold medal 0.986 fine, (18.65 g), commemorating the first seal of the city, obv. seal of the city arms, rev. first seal of the State of Mainz, Rotary Club 1962, 2000 years. Prooflike, uncirculated.
Estimate $650
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Israel, Pilgrim Medal, 19th century, in white metal (36mm) holed at top for suspension, obverse, bust of Christ left, Hebrew letters in front and behind are equivalent to Greek alpha and omega as in 'I am the Alpha and the Omega ...' (Revelation 1:8), reverse, Aramaic text translates to 'Messiah-King has come in peace and Man-God made living'. Good fine/very fine.
Estimate $50
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Italy, Simplon Tunnel, 1898-1906, in silvered (34mm); Caio Duilio battleship in the Levant, 1932, in silver (18mm); another identical in bronze; College of S.Francesco (St Francis) award medal in bronze (42mm), reverse inscribed 'Guarnieri Orezio 1930-31'; Ministry of Agriculture Industry & Commerce merit medal, c1890, in bronze (41mm); Municipality of Faenza merit medal, undated, in gilt bronze (38mm), holed; religious medal in bronze (oval 38x34mm), obverse, Christ (Salvator Mundi) and reverse, Mary Mother of God; Count Biancamano Cruise of Mediterranen medal, 1933, in bronze (24mm); Italian Club Tour on 50th Anniversary of Liberation of Lombardy, 1909, in bronze (30mm); Gathering of Tuscany Blackshirts, 1922, in bronze (28mm); Nazario Sauro Facist Group, Firenze, 1923, in bronze (25mm); French Army WWII Divisonal medal in bronze (25mm), no suspension or ribbon; also a large Balabb Senin medal, undated, in bronze (54mm), obverse, Christ and two desciples feeding two children beneath tree, reverse, Discobolous of Myron (The Discus Thrower). Mostly fine - very fine. (13)
Estimate $150
SOLD $80
Italy, Fair Exhibition of Milan, 1928, in gilt copper (29mm) convertible inside exhibition for five lire, obverse, head of Vittorio Emanuele III right and below engraver's name, G.Castiglioni, reverse, head of the government, President Benito Mussolini naked, holding a fasces while riding a horse crushing a snake under its hind hooves, below Italian text and at edge, S.Johnson. Extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Italy, FAO.Roma, 16 October 1989, in silver (60.4g; 50mm) by R.Stefanelli, obverse, kneeling, naked man tends to a small tree, reverse, a quote from Socrates, 'Agriculture is mother and nurse of the other arts, for when agriculture flourishes, all other arts are in full vigour.' Small edge bump at 4 o'clock, extremely fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Japan, Ibaraki Prefecture, presentation medal, undated, in silver, obverse with inset gold symbol in centre, above, Mount Tsukuba with Japanese characters over, below, sea bordering Honshu Island with wreath of roses at base, reverse, centre symbol, above, 'Japan', below, 'Ibaraki Prefecture'. In case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Peru, Lima, medal in silver (37mm) by E.Cris for the inauguration of the tramways of Lima, 24th March 1878 (Mayaux 442; Rulau Lim 130). Toned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Russia, Peter I, copper medal, 38mm, issued 1725, by B.Gass, commemorating his life and death 1672-1725, obv. Peter I to right, rev. nine line legend 'memory of a successful life as Czar', another in pewter 48mm by IK, commemorating the Peace of Carlowitz with the Turks, 1700, obv. similar, rev. Peter I seated offering abundance to chained kneeling city. First very fine with '100' scratched both sides; second with flaw on ear area of obverse, otherwise very fine/extremely fine and a rare early struck Russian medal. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Russia, For Successes in Russian Philology, prize medal, 1783, in bronze (39x39mm) (Diakov 199.6 (R1), Sm 298), obverse, radiant cypher of Catherine II within laurel wreath, reverse, owl seated on a globe with lyre, book and sceptre, all on a pedestal with date. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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